Of Innocence is a 2010 artwork by Barry Krames. It is part of his Morality Theatre Project which is a 17 year long endeavor encompassing 26 assemblage sculptures like this one. This dense diorama contains a small tree filled with wooden birds in front of a cabinet reminiscent of a...
Black Square, is a 1915 oil painting by Kazimir Malevich. Over time the solid black paint on linen has cracked and faded. It and other black paintings by Malevich are often displayed in a corner of a room rather than flat on the wall. This is a reference to the...
Gazing Ball (van Gogh Wheatfield with Crows), is a 2015 artwork by Jeff Koons. It is an oil paint reproduction of a Vincent van Gogh painting as the parenthetical title displays. On a small shelf that is painted to blend in with the background sits a blue reflective ball. The...
For The Love of God is a 2007 artwork by Damien Hirst. It is a platinum cast of an 18th century human skull encrusted with 8,601 diamonds. The teeth are the original human teeth from the skull which were purchased by the artist. The diamonds are considered flawless and...
The Good News/Neue Zurcher Zeitung 18/10/2005, is a 2005 artwork by Jim Hodges. It is a newspaper gilded in 24 karat gold. It is part of a series of gilded newspapers from all around the world. Messiaen’s commentary on XVII. Regard du silence (Gaze of silence)...
Untitled, is a 1995-97 artwork by Robert Gober. It is a complex installation that is now permanently installed in Schaulager, Basel. As the video captures, in the middle of a room there is a statue of Mary with a culvert pipe in her stomach. If one peers through the pipe...
Relief Wall, is a 2018 liturgical artwork by Maja Lisa Engelhardt in collaboration with her spouse, Peter Brandes. It is a 31-by-18-foot gold relief sculpture which arguably depicts the moment of Christ emerging from the tomb. The sculpture is a plaster cast gilded with different karats of gold. The most...
Advent is a season when Christians prepare for the celebration of Jesus Christ's birth. The twenty-eight days leading up to Christmas involve a variety of customs and liturgical practices depending on the denomination or local church but all of these aims for the same thing; as the darkness of winter...
Infiltration homogen für Konzertflügel (Homogeneous Infiltration for Piano), is a 1966 piece by Joseph Beuys. It is a piano wrapped in felt and leather with a red cross on the side. The piece does not allow for the piano to be played. The artist removed the felt from the piano...